A richly illustrated catalogue, accompanying the exhibition organized by IRSA in Cracow on the occasion of the fiftieth birthday of Stasys Eidrigevičius — a celebrated Polish contemporary artist of Lithuanian origin. In the introduction, critical essays by the most prominent Polish and foreign art critics create a background to the sections that follow, presenting all of the many aspects of Stasys' artistic work. Each of the chapters, opened by the artist's own text, is entirely devoted to one area of his activity. Additionally, an attempt has been made to take inventory of the artist's output in several fields of his activity. As a tailpiece to the catalogue, documentary sections in photography, ex-libris, graphics, poster and book art illustrate every item with a small photo and accompanying details.

CONTENTS

Józef GRABSKI — Preface

Józef GRABSKI — STASYS 50

Ryszard KAPUŚCIŃSKI —An Introduction

Wojciech SKRODZKI— Stasys

Jacek SZELEGEJD —Stasys -Child in Time

Wojciech KRAUZE— Stasys Eidrigevičius

Wiesława WIERZCHOWSKA —„My art comes from the need to sing about pain…” (An interview with Stasys)

Vittorio SGARBI —Stasys or on solitude

Pierre BERGOUNIOUX— The shadow of the abyss, or the human face

Zbigniew TARANIENKO— From another world (an interview with Stasys Eidrigevičius)

Marek BARTELIK— IKON-O-STASYS. Notes on the art of StasysEidrigevičius